Born in Greeley, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1983 from Colorado State College in Fort Collins, where he met and married Robbie after his graduation.

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After college, Feuerstein worked for Macy's Department Store for 18 years, which started as the Denver Dry Goods store before he transferred to Arizona with Goldwaters, which later became Robinson's May. He then transferred back to Colorado with May D&F. While working as a store manager, he attended the Berthoud United Methodist Church, where his wife was a member in her childhood. He taught Sunday school, worked with the youth group and read the scriptures during worship service.

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"I was taking a lay speaking class to learn more about reading scriptures in church," Feuerstein said. "It was at the lay speaking class I got my call (to become a pastor)."

But he didn't accept it at first.

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"I tried to run away from my call for about two years," Feuerstein said. "God kept after me (and) I finally answered."

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"I liked it," he said. "It confirmed my call."

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So he quit his job and went back to school full time at the same seminary, where he earned a master's degree in divinity in 2006. During college, he worked as a student pastor at Evans United Methodist Church before becoming a full-time minister at his first church in Springfield, where he remained for six years.

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Pastor Eric Joined Laramie United Methodist in 2019